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Fortune 500 companies with the highest representation of women board directors attained significantly higher financial performance, on average, than those with the lowest representation of women board directors, according to Catalyst’s most recent report, The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance...

Approximately 50 percent of people of color in the accounting industry who were surveyed do not feel obligated to stay with their current firm, and nearly one-third of women of color in the study were at risk of leaving within the year, according to Retaining People of Color: What Accounting...

Findings from the largest national survey ever conducted about career satisfaction and advancement of visible minorities in corporate Canada show that while visible minorities experience lower levels of career satisfaction than their white/Caucasian colleagues, the opportunity for more inclusive...

As part of its mission to advance women and promote diversity and inclusion in business, Catalyst today released the first in its landmark Making Change series on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees and the workplace. Recognizing the challenges facing the LGBT community,...

On Thursday, April 26, 2007, 40 diversity and inclusion executives attended a Catalyst Canada workshop to learn about the seven criteria against which initiatives nominated for the prestigious Catalyst Award are measured. The half-day workshop, sponsored by Ernst & Young and held in the firm’s...

Catalyst Canada today released its 2006 Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners in the FP500. While the proportion of women corporate officers continues to increase, the overall numbers of women in senior leadership roles has risen less than two sluggish percentage points across all...

Business leaders and experts convened today for the 2007 Catalyist Awards Conference to learn about innovative initiatives that successfully advance women in business and to participate in workshops on critical issues of leadership and inclusion in today’s workplace. Since 1987, Catalyst has...

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Men inherently feel more threatened by their female bosses, a dynamic that leads them to demand higher salaries and bonuses, according to a study published in the Personality and Social Psychology... Full Post

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Brooke
How Cultures Can Support Their Women in Leadership Recently, I've read two excellent articles on why women stay quiet at work which clearly outline the challenges women can face in leadership... Full Post

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Jennifer
Working for the weekend? Not necessarily.🎶 Everybody’s working for the weekend 🎶 Apparently not. Study shows that those who are happy in their careers find just as much pleasure during the... Full Post